Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18820, Richard Fairbrother, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Fairbrother, Richard
S. 18820
P.L.H. #146-100 Issued Apr. 18, 1800, to Abijah Helbrite (carded) No papers
CONTENTS

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Fairbrother, Richard GRADE Sergeant LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4146 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Apr. 15, 1800
to Abijah Holbrook
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

29.607 Vermont
Richard Fairbrother
Resided in the State of Vermont who was a sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Knapp of the Reg t commanded by Col Jackson in the Massachusetts line for
Troop, Windham County
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 120 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Feb y 1835 and sent to Her Hiland Hall N.Y.
  Arrears to the 4th of  Sept  4 20    Semi-ann. allowance ending  Sept  60    * 4 Continental   4 80  
W.W.H. Mar. 24, 1910
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1835 }
Recorded by
Claw
Clerk
Book E, 2
Vol. 3
Page 67

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Richard Fairbrother 32 475 Cooperat. Aug 1777 Mwan Sept 1 Nov 1779
#120
Hon. H. Hall

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
State of Vermont
Windham County ss. On this 31 st day of Decem- ber A.D. 1834 personally appeared in open court before the Probate Court for the District of Westminster in the County, and State aforesaid Richard Fairbrother a resident of West- minster in the County of Windham and State aforesaid A ge Seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 that he entered the service in the revolutionary War on the 20 th of April 1775 and served from that time to the 9 th of June 1783 being eight years one month and twenty days, that he served from 1 st 20 th of April 1775 for eight months as a private in Col. Timothy Walker's Regiment of Massachusetts Troops that at the end of said term of eight months he enlisted for one year and served as a private during that term in the Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph -diph Reed of the Massachusetts Troops at the expiration of that term he enlisted during the war & served in the 4 th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. William Shepard to October 1779 as a corporal and from Oct 1779 to June 1783 he served as a Sergeant in the company commanded by Capt. Moses Knapp afterwards by Capt. Bannister afterwards by Capt. North, he was appointed Sergeant in Oct 1779 and served as such about three years and eight months and on the 9 th of June 1783 he was discharged from the service, he had a written discharge signed by Col. Henry Jackson which discharge has been lost by accident he also had a warrant as Sergeant which is also lost, that when he enter- ed he lived in Rehoboth Mass and enlisted at Roxbury for eight months and continued at Roxbury during that time, and during his en- listment for the following year he was stationed at Roxbury aforesaid, until April after said enlistment, and then went to the State of Pennsylvania northward of Philadelphia, but does not recollect the name of the place, where he enlisted for during the war and he went from thence to Trenton New Jersey and was there at the taking of a body of Hessian and from thence he went again to the State of Penn.

aylania, and thence again to Trenton New Jersey and thence to Princeton and there took ab out two hundred and fifty British Troops thence he went to Morristown N Jersey thence to Chatham & Springfield thence he was permitted to and did return to Rehoboth and remained there until spring when he went to Boston and was put under the command of Capt George Noble and went thence to Peekskill thence to Saratoga and was in the battle at that place at the taking of Burgoyne & his army thence he went to Albany thence he went to the bank of North river then to Pennsylvania and joined the main army then to Valley Forge then through New Jersey was at the battle of Mon mouth in the latter part of 1778 to Peekskill then to Rhode Island then to North River to the main army then was discharged at Newburgh N.Y. it was on long island in 1776 he was wounded, he was also wound ed in the arm in Rhode Island, his first wound was through his body, he was now in Attleborough Mass where has a record of his age, he lived in Rehoboth Mass about five or six years after the close of the war, when he moved to Pitney St. and lived there about one year and from there he moved to Westminster Ver mont and has lived there about forty one years and still lives there, he does not know of any person by whom he can prove his service he is now on the pension list as an invalid pensioner he had the testimony of Major Knapp & Capt Soper to support his claim as an invalid pensioner but they are both dead he refers to their testimony if it is in the files of the Secretary of War to prove his service and he declares his name is not on the pension roll of any agency except on that of the Agency in the State of Vermont as an invalid pensioner and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and expect the pension to which he is entitled by act of the acts of Congress concerning invalid pensioners Sworn to and subscribed the day & Richard Fins brother year aforesaid
Before me
Alexander Shaplee Judge of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and entitled as he states. —
Alexander S. Campbell Judge of Probate
I David L. Putnam Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of Westminster as aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Richard Fairbrother for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 31. day of December A.D. 1834. —
David L. Putnam Clerk & Regist.

Richard Fairbrother's Application for a Certificate -
It is requested that the Certificate may be sent to the Post-Office, Westminster, Vermont.

Application for a certificate.
State of Vermont.
Windham County ss
On this 13 th day of
Feb-y. A. D. 1823.
before me, a Justice of the peace for the said County of Windham personally appeared Richard Fairbrother, who, on his oath, declaim that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by captain Moses Knapp, in the regiment commanded by colonel William Shepard, in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Vermont, but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one —
Richard Fairbrother
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid —
Jonathan Barron — Justice of the peace.
State of Vermont.
Windham County Court Clerk's Office,
Brattleborough, February 15 th 1823
I certify that Jonathan Barron Esquire, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Windham, duly commissioned under the authority of this State, and that the signature of the preceding certificate is in the hand writing of the said Justice. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court the day and year above written. Attest. James Elliot, Clerk.

September 24, 1937
Mrs. C. E. Hardesty 425 West 26th Street Pueblo, Colorado
Richard Fairbrother
S. 18820
William Fairbrother
S. 34835
BA-J/AWF
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Richard and William Fairbrother, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, both from Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
The records of Richard and William Fairbrother follow as found in pension claims.
Richard Fairbrother-S.18820
The data concerning Richard Fairbrother were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S.18820, based upon his disability incurred while in service, and on account of his military service, during the War of the Revolution.
Richard Fairbrother was born in Attleborough, Massachusetts, no date given, nor were the names of his parents shown.
While residing in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, he enlisted April 20, 1775, and served eight months as a private in Colonel Timothy Walker's Massachusetts regiment, at the expiration of this service, he immediately enlisted, and served one year in Captain Moses Knapp's company, Colonel Joseph Read's Massachusetts regiment, and at the expiration of this service, he enlisted for the war, and served as corporal and

sergeant in Captains Moses Knapp's, George Webb's, Banister's, and North's companies, Colonel William Shepard's 4th Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged June 9, 1783. During this service, Richard Fairbrother was wounded through the body on Long Island in 1776, was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Saratoga, and at the capture of Burgoyne, wintered at Valley Forge, was in the battle of Monmouth, and was wounded in the arm in Rhode Island.
Richard Fairbrother continued to live in Rehoboth, Massachusetts for five or six years after the close of the Revolution, then moved to Putney, Vermont, and thence to Westminster, Windham County, Vermont.
He was pensioned from September 30, 1833, on account of disability resulting from the above noted wounds; which pension he relinquished, and was allowed pension on account of his service, on his application executed December 31, 1834, then living in Westminster, Vermont, aged seventy-nine years. There are no data concerning his family.
He died May 26, 1838.
In order to obtain the name and address of person paid the last payment of this pension, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data-
Richard Fairbrother, Certificate # 29607, issued January 22, 1835, rate $120.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Vermont Agency.
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William Fairbrother-S.34835
The data which follows relative to William Fairbrother, were obtained from papers on file in pension

claim, S. 34835, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of William Fairbrother were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.
William Fairbrother enlisted April 9, 1781, and served as a private in Captain John Fuller's company in Colonel William Shepard's and Colonel Henry Jackson's 4th Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged December 31, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
He was sixty-seven years of age in 1820, then living in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; his wife, her name and age not given, was referred to in 1820, as was a son, Washington Fairbrother, then aged forty years. There are no further data concerning his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data-
William Fairbrother, certificate # 11505, issued June 5, 1819, rate $8.00 per month, commenced April 9, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

425 West 26 th Street, Pueblo, Colo.
Sept. 13, 1937.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I would much appreciate your forwarding to my address all data you can give me concerning William Fairbrother , a Revolutionary soldier of Mass., who served in Capt. Samuel Bliss' Co., Col. Timothy Walker's 2 nd regt.; Muster roll dated Aug. 1 st 1775, (Rehoboth.)
I desire particularly all information as to whom his pension was granted after his death if such was the case, and the name of his wife (or widow) and

where she resided at that time. Also I should like the pension record of his brother, Richard Fairbrother of Rehoboth who was a soldier probably in the same company, with whatever additional record you will be good enough to give me.
Most gratefully yours,
Lucia (Fairbrother) Hardesty.
(Mrs. C. C.)

P 18820
1937 - Sept 24 - list to Mrs. C. E. Hardisty ams
INVALID.
File No. 18820 Fairbrother Richard Fairbrother Seiz Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 122
[Arrangement of 1870.]

CHIA
19648
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 19648
Richard Fairbrother
Dis No S S
Act: _____
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 185
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Consolidated with D.W. Rev. File 18820.
39

19648 INVALID.
Ray —
Consolidated with D.W. Inv. File 18,820.
File No. 19648
Richard Shrubsole
Dr. No of S
Act: —
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 135
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Richard Fairbrother a pur d of VT Jan '32 I have a late letter from the Son, & no other
from
Adad Joy

Vermont
Richard Fairbrother (Private) Capt Moses Knapp's in the Army of the U. States.
Inscribed on the roll of the Vermont Agency at the rate of $5. per month, increased to $8 by the Law of the 24 April 1816.
Dup l Formal Certificate issued 10 March 1823. and sent to the Pensioner at Westminster Vermont.